Glyphis glyphis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA CHONDRICHTHYES CARCHARHINIFORMES CARCHARHINIDAE

Scientific Name: Glyphis glyphis
Species Authority (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Common Name/s:
English – Speartooth Shark

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered   C2a   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 2000
Assessor/s Compagno, L.J.V.
Evaluator/s: Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority)
Justification:
Known from a single specimen of uncertain location within the Indo-Pacific, with possible conspecifics (based on jaws only) from Papua-New Guinea and northern Australia. The ecology and life history parameters for this species are unknown, but it is extremely rare, and probably confined to rivers, estuaries and adjacent coastal waters under significant pressure from development, exploitation and habitat destruction.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – western central

Population [top]

Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater; Marine

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: Compagno, L.J.V. 2000. Glyphis glyphis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2008.
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